Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 17, 2013 in Blog, Personal, Travel |
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Tonight, I encountered something I don’t ever recall seeing — an airport check-in counter without a single flyer.
Not a single passenger, except for me.
I don’t know whether to be thrilled or terrified. Should I be making a mad dash for the nearest exit?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 17, 2013 in Blog, Las Vegas, Travel |

Who’s the king of Las Vegas comedy?
Right now, I’d split my vote three ways:
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 16, 2013 in Blog, Book Reviews |

Even after death, Hitchens remains a force of intellect worth re-visiting from time to time, and not just by those who shared many of his views.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 15, 2013 in Blog |

Dallas Cowboys at Buffalo Bills at old War Memorial Stadium in 1970
Do I deliver the goods, or what?
They should start calling me Santa Claus.
Only instead of presents and goodies for my little children, I deliver winners.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 14, 2013 in Blog, Las Vegas |

Rodeos are barbaric. The competitions are sadistic. And cheering such misery is shameful.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 13, 2013 in Blog |

Seriously, is there a more pointless excuse to fly a bunch of college students to New York City and jack everyone off on national television pretending this award really means something?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 13, 2013 in Blog, General Poker |

Time magazine just announced its “Person of the Year.”
So, let’s do the same thing for poker.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 12, 2013 in Blog, Book Reviews |

Imagine a Guy Ritchie movie, only for real.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 11, 2013 in Blog, Movie Reviews |

True to its name, The Book Thief feels like a total rip-off. There’s a good story and a wonderful movie somewhere within the pages, but this isn’t it.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 11, 2013 in Blog, Movie Reviews |

Philomena is based on a book about a woman named Philomena Lee. It’s the true story of an Irish Catholic girl who grows up in England, who becomes pregnant after a short teen romance, and is forced against her will to move into a religious convent in order to avoid the terrible “shame” of bearing an out-of-wedlock child. The film’s director is Stephen Frears, best known for The Queen.
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